AFFECT V.S. EFFECT HELP!?

I want to write the following but I'm not sure if it would be affect or effect since I think it fits for both.
When the middle class is weakened, this (affects/effects) not only them, but everyone else as well.

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Best Answer: Affect is the verb, and effect is the noun.
So the correct answer in that sentence would be affect,
since it's an action (verb) being done to them.
A special "effect" would be an example of the noun.
Noun = person, place, or thing.

It's not even close. Affect is the word you want in that sentence. Effect is more of a verb, not really, but far more of an actionable noun than affect. Like in the sentence "The middle class, rising up and challenging the status quo of the rich industrialists trying to break unions, effected long-lasting changes in wage and labor laws"